
(For SQL Server 20) Under Shared Features, select Management Tools - Basic and Management Tools - Complete. Under Instance Features, select Database Engine Services. Leave SQL Server Feature Installation selected, and click Next. Click Next when the validation is successful. NOTE: Whenever a validation process occurs during installation, if validation is not successful, follow the instructions in the wizard to resolve the problem and click Re-run.
Select Installation in the left pane and New SQL Server stand-alone installation or add features to an existing installation on the right.įollow the steps provided by the installation wizard until you reach the Setup Role page, for SQL Server 20, or the Feature Selection page, for SQL Server 2016, 2017, and 2019. Insert the SQL Server Installation DVD in your DVD drive or access the installation media on your system, then navigate to the root directory on the DVD and double-click setup.exe to open the SQL Server Installation Center. For illustration purposes, the images in the following steps are from the SQL Server 2014 Standard edition installation unless indicated otherwise. The installation steps are generally the same for all supported SQL Servers. Make sure that no other programs are running save your work and close any open applications. Log into Windows as a user with administrative privileges.